Beware Take Care in November

Take care when walking on the breakwater.  The waves can carry you away if you slip and fall or if a rogue waves washes you in.

Pictured is sun down at the confluence of the Grand River and Lake Michigan one of the wildest of the five Great Lakes.  It is beautiful but it can be treacherous.  

There are many shipwrecks under the five Great Lakes. In November the waves can be very powerful.

Look What They've Done to Our View

Too many power poles get in the way of a lovely sunset.  It would make a lot of sense if the wires were underground.

Some places have the foresight to put the wires underground.  I'm told it would be too expensive.

Middle Island Sinkhole Lake Huron

Fresh ground water enters Lake Huron through sinkholes near Alpena, MI.  This video is from Google Earth.  Divers and research scientists have been studying this phenomenon since 2008.

Other underwater sites in the Great Lakes may be visited on Google Earth.

Shore Ice in West Michigan

Wind and waves sculpted the ice and snow into ridges.  With the warm and then cold weather, walking here is unpredictable.  Best not to go too far out.

Read about how ice forms in West Michigan in my book, The Dynamic Great Lakes.

Ice on Lake Michigan

I took this video January 9, 2010.  Read about how ice forms on the Great Lakes in my book, The Dynamic Great Lakes.